reflectent

English

Etymology

From Latin reflectens, present participle of reflectere. See reflect.

Adjective

reflectent (comparative more reflectent, superlative most reflectent)

  1. Bending or flying back; reflected.
    • Sir K. Digby
      The ray descendent, and the ray reflectent flying with so great a speed.
  2. Reflecting.
    a reflectent body

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reflectent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

reflectent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of reflectō
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